NHTSA Complaint #10564809 — 2014 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLHXS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HARLEY DAVISON FLHXS STREET GLIDE SPECIAL MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE MOTORCYCLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO DECELERATE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VIBRATION WOULD OCCUR WHILE THE ENGINE'S RPM'S WERE BETWEEN 2000 AND 1500 DURING DECELERATION. THE VIBRATION WOULD STOP WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS DISENGAGED. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER, WHO ADVISED THAT THE DEFECT WAS CAUSED BY A LOOSE DRIVE BELT AND AN UNSECURED FLOORBOARD. THE DRIVE BELT AND THE FLOOR BOARD WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFECT WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.